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CORRELATION AMONG SEMANTIC, SYNTACTIC, PRAGMATIC, AND COGNITIVE BARRIERS TOWARDS ACCURACY GEOMETRY PROOFS
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to discover the correlation among language elements- semantic, syntactic, pragmatic- and cognitive barriers towards the accuracy of Geometry proofs. This interdisciplinary study was carried out in response to the fact that students of Math neither focus on mathematical procedures nor integrate the topics of math into the representation of mathematical concept which brings about the constraint of achieving the goal of learning Math. This fact is resulted from either external or internal factors such as students’ background knowledge that is influenced by cognitive or communicative factors. Thus, effective communication consisting of semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic can be big barriers towards achieving learning goal. This study was conducted through a correlational study with 30 students of Math Department, IAIN Tulungagung Indonesia as the sample out of 120 populations. They were selected randomly based on their own availability and willingness to seriously take part in this interdisciplinary research. The instrument used was a set of achievement Math test on triangle congruency. The findings of this study prove that there is a correlation and negative effect of semantic, syntactic, pragmatic, and cognitive barriers towards the accuracy of Geometry proof. The result of this study is pedagogically implemented for tutors of Math to consider either oral or written communicative barriers which inhibit the students’ learning success in Math. Further studies on efforts of minimizing language barriers in Geometry proof accuracy is suggested to be conducted
THE LEARNING STYLE OF HIGH ACHIEVER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF IAIN SAMARINDA
Get PDF Learning style is the method of a person to get solutions from problem-solving in process of learning. In this case, students’ learning styles have closely relation to their achievement. In this research, the researchers focus on the the type of learning styles of high achiever students of the English department at IAIN Samarinda. This is a survey research where the researchers collected by usig the Perceptual Learning Style Preference Questionnaire. The subject of this research is the high achiever students of the English Department at IAIN Samarinda that consists of twenty-two students from fifth and seventh semester students. This research found that all of learning styles exist in this research results where visual learning style become the highest percentage among others. Students’ learning habits in everyday life also play important role in determining their learning style. Research discussion and suggestion are provided further in this study.
SITI ZUBAIDAH: THE ISLAMIC FEMINISM REVIEW BASED ON BARLAS’ THEORY
Get PDFThis research aims to analyze Islamic feminism in the heroic story of Syair Situ Zubaidah. In this research, it is important to understand that Islamic feminism is based on Islamic religious principles. This research aims to identify the female characters of a literature work and to determine the positions and the role of the characters inside of a family. Then, it is also to determine how the character defends and saves her family and people. The applied method was the qualitative descriptive method. The results showed that the Islamic feminism themes also indicated heroic values. The findings showed the struggles, patience, determination, tawaqal, and istiqomah to deal with life. This research applied the interpretation of Al-Qur'an and Al-Hadith, in the forms of the findings of the previous studies. It was important to do and had to be based on the experts to avoid subjective interpretation
THE PERSONALITY OF “BORNO” IN KAU, AKU, DAN SEPUCUK ANGPAU MERAH NOVEL WRITTEN BY TERE LIYE: PSYCHOANALYSIS STUDY
Get PDFThis research aimed to determine the psychological description of the main character, Borno, reviewed from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. The subject was the novel of Kau, Aku, dan Sepucuk Angpau Merah written by Tere Liye. The applied research methodology was descriptive qualitative. The data of this research consisted of words, phrases, sentences, and discourse related to the main character's personality structures in the novel. The data collection techniques were reading, noting, and analyzing the documents with literature psychological analysis of Sigmund Freud. The novel tells the love story of Borno and Mei due to a pincher, Sepit. At that time, Mei was doing field practice in Pontianak. She crossed the Kapuas river. Borno saw her and fell in love with her, the Chinese-breed girl. The red packet, angpau merah, was left on a pincher made Borno wanted to return it. Borno's struggles to find out her name, Mei, was successful. From the analyzed data, the personality ego frequently appeared in Borno. It was due to his considerations while being advised by the old man. The conflict of id and ego made an internal conflict for Borno. Their love story was begun from the boat. At that time, Mei was doing an internship in Pontianak. She crossed the Kapuas river by boat. Borno saw it then he fell in love with the Indo-Chinese breed girl. The red packet, angpau merah, was left on a pincher made Borno wanted to return it. Borno always kept an eye on Mei. He even remembered what time Mei went to teach and always kept trying to ensure his boat be always in the thirteenth line. It was the line in which Mei would be on board every morning
ONLINE LEARNING PERCEPTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC VIEWED FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate SMA and SMK students' perceptions of online learning. Secondly, to examine whether the two schools differ greatly and to describe their perception of online learning based on their perceptions. There were 133 participants, comprising 61 SMA students and 72 SMK students. The data was collected using Likert scale questionnaires and an interview. To analyze the data, the authors carried out descriptive and inferential analyzes of the quantitative data, while a qualitative thematic analysis was used. The finding of the study shows that there was a significant difference in the perception of online learning between SMA and SMK students. The high perception was obtained from SMA students, while medium perception was showed by SMK students. Based on the thematic analysis, it showed that SMK students encountered more difficulties in attending online learning classes compared with SMA students
THE ENGLISH TEACHER’S PROFICIENCY IN SOUTH SULAWESI: ITS IMPLICATIONS TO THE TEACHER’S PERFORMANCE
Get PDFIn this article, it referred to the implications of proficiency to the teacher’s performance in the classroom in South Sulawesi. Most of English teachers associate level of language proficiency with greater powerful teaching performance skills. This research was descriptive qualitative research in South Sulawesi, the participants consisted of several qualified teachers aged from 30 – 40, and they have been teaching more than 10 years, all of the participants interviewed felt strong desire about the implications of proficiency. The data were collected from observation, interview and documents and it was analyzed in interpretation to draw inferences and conclusions based on the description data. The result of this research provided a great interpretation of proficiency and its excessive implication for teaching English, the higher level of language proficiency is, the better performance of the teacher is. It is needed to investigate more about the role of language proficiency to determine the teachers’ performance
INVESTIGATING INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS’ CRITICAL THINKING: CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Get PDFThis research aims to investigate the critical thinking skills of 86 Indonesian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners who are prepared to be English teachers using an adapted questionnaire measuring critical thinking skills. This research uses a descriptive quantitative research design to examine the critical thinking skills of Indonesian EFL learners. It reveals the ability of Indonesian EFL learners’ critical thinking skills through a diagnostic test which results in a moderate level, implying that the strategies to embed critical thinking in an EFL classroom setting need to be improved. This eventually might lead to a wide gap between the existing teacher's competence and the expected qualities. This research argues the diagnosis of critical thinking state in Indonesia’s pre-service English teachers and the future directions to leverage critical thinking skills.
THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG LEARNING STYLES, ECONOMIC STATUS, PARENTS’ EDUCATION BACKGROUND, AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Get PDFThe objectives of this study were to find out (1) whether or not there were significant correlations between (1) learning styles (visual, audio, kinesthetic) and English proficiency, (2) economic status and English proficiency, (3) parents’ educational background and English proficiency, and (4) predictor variables (learning styles, economic status, and parents’ educational background) and the criterion variable (English proficiency). In this correlational study, the data collection was obtained through a Likert scale questionnaire and the documentation of TOEFL prediction results. 489 English Education Study Program students of Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI) University became the population of this study. The research sample was 114 students taken purposively using the purposive sampling technique. The study revealed that 46 students had visual learning styles, 38 others acquired a better understanding through audio-based learning activities, and 30 respondents preferred kinesthetic methods. Based on the result of the study, there was no correlation between English proficiency and visual learning style, audio learning style, and economic status. On the other hand, the study indicated a significant correlation between English proficiency with kinesthetic learning style and parents' educational background. Furthermore, there was also a significant correlation between the predictor variables (learning styles, economic status, and parents’ educational background) and the criterion variable (English proficiency).
THE EFFECT OF MEDIA GUESSING GAME TOWARDS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT LOCAL TOURISM CONTENT
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the effect of media guessing games on students’ writing ability on the descriptive text about local tourism. The type of research is quasi-experimental. The population in the research is students of University of Prima Indonesia. The samples were taken by cluster random sampling which consists of two classes namely the experimental class and the control class and each class consists of 25. The experimental group was taught by guessing game media while the control group was taught by conventional teaching media in writing descriptive text. The instruments used were test sheets for writing and observation sheets. The techniques used in analyzing the data were descriptive statistical analysis and t-test. The finding of the research explained that guessing game media of local tourism content successfully effect students’ ability in writing descriptive text, especially on local tourism conte
A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF EFL READING FLUENCY FROM 2016 TO 2021
Get PDFThe aim of the research is to provide an extensive literature review on reading fluency. Articles were located through publish or perish software and the Google scholar database. Scanning by scimagojr.com (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4). We analyzed 60 articles from 2016 to 2021. Mendeley software was used to manage and resume the references. We have reviewed this database and attempted to classify articles using VOSviewer software. Four clusters are identified. Cluster 1 consisted of ten items (disability, elementary students, fluency intervention, impact, intervention, reader, reading fluency, reaped reading, student, and teacher), Cluster 2 consisted of seven items word (child, effect, fluency, language, present study, reading, and word), cluster 3 consisted of five items word (comprehension, oral reading fluency, relationship, research, and vocabulary), and cluster 4 consisted of 4 items word (accuracy, development, relation, and study)